Layla's

earlier in the week we went to layla's - a favorite restaurant and bar on the beach.  we don't go for the food or the drinks however.  we go for the playground.  it is by far the best playground on the island.  i will never take a public playground for granted again when we move back to america in *gasp* four months from today!!!  so here you see michael and ezra enjoying the beginning of our stay-cation on our wonderful paradise island (despite the lack of playgrounds).  michael is starting to loosen up after sitting in a chair studying for 70 hours a week for the last year and a half.

you can see michael in the lower right sipping his mango smoothie and ezra at the top of the playground equipment in the upper right.  i am enjoying taking pictures at my leisure.

and sitting in a chair a bit...  : )  life is so different as a family.

michael even pushed me on the swing and i got this silly picture of my feet hovering above the earth.  

here's ezra at the same swing moments later.  a new perspective with a different hipstamatic lens.  i do just love these effects taken with my iphone.  

a celebratory slide by michael.  ezra was loving this.  he made daddy go down the slide many times.  

we had a wonderful time.  the first of many to come for the end of 2010.  when we walked out of the restaurant the owner gave me a cute zip up black hooded sweatshirt with the layla's restaurant logo on the back.  he said a pretty girl is the best advertising which has had me wearing the sweatshirt for days since then.  a compliment can be very influential.  but, it is a cute sweatshirt.  

i love these two cuties more than anything...